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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @delwin-glasner! I’m thinking we should enter this as a trace fossil/ichnofossil. I’m not sure what the genus is but the FOSSIL Protocol for entering Ichnofossils is setting the Phylum -> Ichnofossil
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! @katie-collins might be able to help you further ID this specimen!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! @i-edwards is good with cephalopods and might be able to help you out with IDs.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoLooks good, @Delwin-Glasner!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! Are you planning on cleaning off this specimen a little more? I feel like that may make IDing it easier.
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Can’t clean any more, items are froze to it. The only i.d. part I could use is the edge. I have not tried a black-lite yet.
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Any ideas of what chemicals I could soak it in?
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@Cameron-Muskelly would probably have a little more insight than I would!
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I wouldn’t soak it in any chemicals. The specimen seems have cracks. I would use water and glue. You could also mix water and glue together to stabilize the specimen. The fossils is an Echinoid (Sand Dollar). Possibly Periarchus sp.? I am to too sure without a locality/formation.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoThank you, @LCone!! @Delwin-Glasner, do you know what formation this is from?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! Can you add the order in as “Littorinimorpha”? Thank you!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! I suspect this is a heart urchin – a.k.a. part of order Spatangoida
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! I believe the Cane River formation is from the Eocene epoch – also, https://www.fossilshells.nl/ might be useful for a higher ID.
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Added Eocene. Thanks
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Hi, @Delwin-Glasner! @katie-collins might be able to help you further ID this specimen!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner – what formation is this from?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi @Delwin-Glasner! This one can also be updated to reflect that the Weches formation is Eocene. In regards to taxonomy, I think this ID is okay because this is an internal mold and relatively indistinct.
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This is not an internal mold but will add eocene
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Oops! I see what you mean – my mistake. I struggle with bivalves. Let me tag in @kristopher-kusnerik
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will add a side view to show how thin it is. Maybe that will help.
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Thank you!
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months ago@delwin-glasner Very neat! I was unfamiliar with Endopachys. The only solitary scleractinian coral I encountered before was Flabellum. Thanks for sharing! Glad I learned something new.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoDo you have any clearer photos, @Delwin-Glasner? This is an awesome find!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner – do you know what formation this was found in?
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner – great foram specimen! I would recommend writing the class as “incertae sedis” since we aren’t quite sure where Haplostiche belongs just yet.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months agoHi @Delwin-Glasner! To mark this research grade, I will need the lithostratigraphy. Here is the macrostrat of Austin – https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=11.3/x=-97.6679/y=30.2562/bedrock/lines/ , let me know if you need my help!
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Added formation. Does the GPS location feature work in myFOSSIL ? I added N and S but do not know if it is required. Please advise
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Yes! I can see it here. It is not required for specimen entry but it is always useful if the photo is taken in the field – it’s great for anyone who is unsure what formation they were looking in.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months agoAwesome specimen, @Delwin-Glasner! Do you have any more photos? Singular mosasaur teeth are pretty hard to ID, so the taxonomy is totally fine.
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months ago@delwin-glasner I’m wondering if it could be the longitudinal section of a bryozoan?
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Oh! Interesting. That would explain some of the regularity.
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I’m starting to think that this may be a coral?
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Will grind and polish and add additional photos then.
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That would be very helpful! Thank you!!
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I agree with @mackenzie-smith – it looks to be a cross section of a bryozoan or coral. I don’t know enough to really narrow it down. I would guess coral just because I’ve been looking at some thin sections that are similar but bryozoans can certainly look very similar.
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I tried to grind and polish down a little deeper in the middle but nothing showed up. Will take a look for a match in corals and bryozoans.
Thanks
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months agoHi, @Delwin-Glasner! The class for this (and all decapods) is Malacostraca. WORMS (http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=search) is a great resource for checking the taxonomy of an organism; it is what I typically use when I am unsure. I’m gonna do a little looking and see if I can ID this lil guy. Thank you for posting great specimens!
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months ago@delwin-glasner, I agree with @samantha-ocon with the stromatoporoid. My initial thought was bivalve but there is structure that looks spongey.
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Ok, I think the ichnogenus is Teredolites. What do you think?
Looks like a good choice. Thanks